Apple iPad == Apple iFail, More arrogance from Cupertino, CA

I just looked at the Apple release information about the new iPad tablet.

This product will do well with the Apple evangelists but it fails on several levels right from the outset.

1) No Flash or Java support from Web Browsing.
Someone needs to let Steve Jobs know that this is 2010 and the web is rich with sites that use
these technologies. Evidently Apple doesn't think they are important enough to support.

2) No Multi-Tasking
This is the single most important reason to ignore the iPad.
The idea that Apple designed this product this way from the beginning shows how
out of touch with the real world they are.

3) No user-accessible battery.
Yet again Apple makes another device that treats those who purchase it like children.
There is ZERO legitimate reason not to provide the user the ability to swap out batteries
at any time.

4) Locked in to the App Store for 3rd Party Applications
Yet again, the arrogance of Apple rears its ugly head.
People who purchase a computer have the right to determine what software they install on it.
Apple continues to act as if they do not.

5) Runs a modified iPhone OS.
Can't run ANY OSX software so right off the bat, the product has limited appeal.


Sorry Steve, I'll take a pass on your over-priced and over-sized iPhone clone.